☕ ANNOUNCING: Therapist Tea — Things I Notice in Therapy ✨
by Anita Sandoval, LPC-S Therapist • Speaker • Founder of EmpowerHer Pathways
May 13, 2026
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After years of sitting with women navigating people-pleasing, emotional exhaustion, toxic relationship patterns, self-doubt, and burnout…
I started noticing the same emotional patterns over and over again.
The over-explaining. The guilt. The fear of disappointing others. The losing yourself trying to keep the peace. The ignoring red flags because you want the relationship to work.
So I created a new weekly newsletter: ☕ Therapist Tea: Things I Notice in Therapy
And if you're ready, write down these two statements:
"I wish..."
"I accept..."
Notice what comes up.
There may be grief.
There may be relief.
There may be freedom waiting on the other side.
🎵 Listen to My New Song: Illusion
This song was inspired by the very theme we discussed in this newsletter—the grief of letting go of what we hoped would be and finding peace in what is.
I wrote the lyric...
Hello Beauties,
As a therapist, I've noticed something that shows up again and again in the healing journeys of the women I work with.
Many women aren't grieving the relationship they had.
They're grieving the relationship they deserved.
The nurturing mother who couldn't nurture. ( I still grieve her by the way... and that is ok)
The protective father who couldn't protect. (for those that ha...
May is a good time to reset.
Not because it’s a new year.But because you’re ready for change.
This week on the podcast, I sat down with Julie DeLucca-Collins.
We talked about confidence.
Not fake confidence.Not power pose confidence.
Real confidence.
The kind you build.
Confidence is not a feeling.
It comes from action.
One small step at a time.
Try This Today
Pick one thing you’ve been puttin...
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